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DOHA: Labor Dispute Settlement Committee assumed duties yesterday, chaired by a judge appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council and members of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs in order to decide on labor complaints which the Department of Labor Relations of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs cannot resolve amicably.
Director of Labor Relations Department at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs Fahad Zafer Al Dosari said in an interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the Labor Dispute Settlement committee includes three committees each headed by a judge and a staff members from the Ministry, each with a secretariat, and this step comes within the framework of accelerating the procedures for considering complaints of workers in Qatar.
He added that the Ministry is also in the process of establishing a Workers’ Support Fund, which deals with the payment of the worker’s financial dues on the basis of a decision of the Labor Dispute Settlement committee, and it will refund of this amount from the employer by legal means or through litigation.
He noted that this fund will assume duties soon, especially as it provides the worker with his right regardless of the bankruptcy of his company or the employer was unable to pay his dues.
Al Dosari stressed that the Labor Relations Department at the Ministry settled more than 80 percent of the problems received while the remaining 20 percent was referred to the judiciary. He noted that the Labor Dispute Settlement committee will consider the cases that the Ministry’s Labor Relations Department cannot decide within a period of 3 weeks, pointing out that the decision taken by the Labor Dispute Settlement committee may be appealed to the Court of Appeal within 15 days for dismissal within 30 days. Al Dosari said that Labor Relations Department is working to remove the reasons for the complaint within 7 days and if it is not able to do so, it will be referred to the Secretariat of the Labor Dispute Settlement committee, along with a memorandum detailing the complaint and attached to the department’s recommendation in this regard.
